After spending most of the day in his room, Twister was ready to get out of the house again. He called Reggie and told her to meet him at the pier tonight. He didn't notice the click on the line when someone else picked up the phone while he was talking to her.
"So where do you want to meet?" Reggie asked.
"Just wait for me at the end by the roller coaster around 8:00."
"Ok, I'll be there." Reggie said.
"See you then. Love you."
"Love you too." She said and hung up the phone.
That was only an hour away so Twister hurried to take a shower and grab something to eat.
In his room, Lars hung up the phone and grinned as things started to fall into place. He looked out his window and saw Rocket Dork on the halfpipe in their yard. While Twister was in the shower he ran downstairs and over to the Rockets house.
"HEY ROCKET DORK!" Lars shouted.
"What do YOU want Lars?" Otto asked skating down from the halfpipe.
"Twister sent me over here to tell you something. He tried calling but nobody picked up."
"Why didn't he just come tell me himself?"
"Cause He's in the shower, DORK!" Lars said getting annoyed. "He wanted to know
if you wanted to come hang out at the pier tonight."
"I guess. Tell him I'll come over in a little while." Otto said.
"NO!" Lars said a little to quickly. "I mean, he said he's gotta do something first. He just wants you to meet him there around 8:15. At the end by the roller coaster."
"Ok, I'll bring Reg and Squid too."
"Oh I forgot, he said that he just wanted you to come. He said something about not spending enough time with his best bro lately."
"Huh? That doesn't sound like Twister. He always wants to hang with Reggie and Squid."
"MAN you're such a damn Lame-O. He just wants to hang with YOU. That's what he said DORK!" Lars said. Dealing with Otto could really make him lose his temper. "Are you gonna be there or what?"
"I'll be there." Otto said, but he was still wondering why Twister didn't want Reggie and Squid to come.
"OK then. Later much DORK!" Lars said and walked off with a grin on his face.
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Reggie was already waiting Twister got to the roller coaster at 8:00.
"So what do you want to do?" he asked.
"Being here with you is enough" she said smiling.
Twister felt his cheeks get hot and he knew that his face had to be bright red.
The sky was a deep pink color as the sun started to sink down into the Pacific. "I got it!" she said. "Lets go sit at the end and watch the sun set. I haven't done that in years."
"OK" he said and took her hand. He led her over to a bench and they sat down.
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At 8:15, Otto was flying down the pier on his skateboard, knocking over shoobies who yelled curse words at him every few minutes. He knew it was against the law to skateboard on the pier, but you're only breaking the rules if you get caught, right? When he finally got to the roller coaster he couldn't find Twister.
"Where the hell is he?" Otto muttered to himself. He looked around and didn't see him anywhere. Then out of the corner of his eye he caught the familiar red and yellow stripes of Twister's hat. He was sitting at the end of the pier on a bench with…a GIRL??.
"Wait a minute!" he said getting a closer look "That's Reggie. I wonder what she's doing here." Then he figured that they probably saw each other at the Shore Shack cause that's where Reggie said she was going.
He was about to go over and talk to them, but what he saw next froze him in place and caused his jaw to drop. Twister wrapped his arms around Reggie, leaned in close and kissed her passionately.
"NO FUCKING WAY!" Otto shouted out loud causing several people standing close by to stop and stare at him. He picked up his skateboard and marched toward Reggie and Twister.
AN: Doncha just hate cliffhangers? ;-)